In Holland we celebrate the feast ‘Carnaval’ every year. It’s a five day during event and our goal is to have the most original costumes. Last year we were inspired by the movie Alice in Wonderland. We mostly put our costumes together ourselves, except for the Alice dress and Queen of Hearts wig and dress. … Read more
For Alice we purchased a dress online, then bought tights and a wig and I wore my old Mary Janes from high school. I bought some ribbon at a craft store and tied it around my head for the head band. For the Mad Hatter we bought the hat, then went to Goodwill for the … Read more
Halloween has always been a family favorite and we tend to go all out, and every year we have a Halloween costume contest and since Johnny Depp is one of my favorite actors I decided to go once again with one of his many characters. Last year I was Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the … Read more
This is what you need for this Alice in Wonderland Costume : • Hot Glue • White, Green, Black, Red, Bright Pink, and Bright Purple Felt Material • Pink and Purple Ribbon • Alice in Wonderland Material from a outgrown pair of scrub pants • Small Styrofoam plate • Yellow foam • Purple tutu (store … Read more
The homemade queen of hearts costume involved a red dress with glued hearts on it and a corset over it. The corset had glued gold trimmings. The stockings were purchased online and were the same as in the movie. The wig was from a discount store. I sewed the hair using clear thread into an … Read more
My girlfriend and I decided I was going to be the Mad Hatter for Halloween since the night we met May 20th 2010, her friend said gosh! he looks like the guy from Alice in Wonderland! You mean the Mad Hatter? yeah! lol so it was set after months of preparation and hard work. I … Read more
For this homemade Red Queen Halloween costume I started with the black satin bodice. It has a corset eyelet lace up back. I used sheer black fabric and folded and stitched it to make less sheer stripes and attached it to the bodice. Then I sewed the red velvet stripes onto the gold satin and … Read more
For twin boys (age 3), you need a costume that they will WANT to wear and will be comfortable in for the night of Trick or Treating. I thought sweatshirt and pants would be perfect for this costume. Adding some “accessories” turned these basic clothes into an easy and cheap Alice in Wonderland costume. Introducing … Read more
This is how the Alice in Wonderland group costume was put together: The Mad Hatter-shirt and pants are from the closet and I dyed an old lab coat orange (store-bought shoes and hat, wig and bulb nose). Alice’s dress is from a pattern (store-bought wig and shoes). March Hare pants are from the closet, shirt … Read more
I started creating my Tim Burton’s mad hatter costume in October 2009 to take on my trip to Disney World. I spent over 40 hours on the hat alone. I used 3 soldering irons to burn the hole pattern in the hat. I then used gold, brown & copper paints as accents and made patterns … Read more
My daughter and I love Alice in Wonderland so we decided to create homemade Alice and the Queen of hearts costumes. She even carried a scepter that was huge and said “off with your head”. My dress had actual cards all along the bottom. It was a fun year. I was a peacock another year … Read more
I wanted to design a homemade Mad Hatter Halloween costume that was as close to the Hatter character (colors/design) as possible, so this made it fun! Pre-wash all fabric prior to sewing if you do choose to sew costume. JACKET: sewing pattern re-designed for Hatter jacket (cuff on arms, open seam in back with two … Read more